Compile

a. [Lat. compilo - con, and pilo, to pillage.] To collect or gather from various sources, in order to form an aggregate. To form a literary work, by collecting parts from the same or from different authors; to compose; to arrange. "In poetry they compile the praises of virtuous men and actions, and satires against vice." Temple . Compile'ment, n. Coacervation; act of piling together, or of heaping up; as, "a natural or artificial compilement ." ( Law. ) The legal fitne or ability of a witne to be Compil'er, n. One who compiles; a person who makes heard in the trial of a cause. The quality of written or other evidence, which renders it proper to be given on the trial of a cause. - ( French Law.) The right in a court to exercise jurisdiction in a particular case. Com'petent, a . [Lat. comp etens , from competo .] Fit; convenient; sufficient; adequate; qualified; as, a com petent judge. "The clergy have gained...a competent knowledge of the world." Atterbury . -Belonging; having adequate power or right; falling within the competency of; incident; consistent with; preceding to . "The Infinite Author of things, who... is not competent to any finite being." Locke. Com'petently, adv. Sufficiently; adequately; suitably: reasonably. "I think it hath been competently proved." - Bentley. Com'petine, in low a, a post-township of Wapello co., abt. 8 or 9 m. N.E. of Ottumwa,